Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
alt-right en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Abbreviation of alternative right, equivalent to alt- + right, due to it being an alternative to conventional American right-wing and Republican ideologies. The word took its current meaning from a website called 'Alternative Right' created by Richard Spencer and Colin Liddell in 2010, being used only sporadically prior to 2010. The word became prominent in 2015 with the rise of Donald Trump. In 2025, the beginning of Trump's second term, many formerly distinctive alt-right positions have merged into the mainstream right.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to the alt-right.
Forms
wikipedia: Richard B. Spencer · wikipedia: United States Republican Party · wikipedia: Donald Trump
alt-right en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Abbreviation of alternative right, equivalent to alt- + right, due to it being an alternative to conventional American right-wing and Republican ideologies. The word took its current meaning from a website called 'Alternative Right' created by Richard Spencer and Colin Liddell in 2010, being used only sporadically prior to 2010. The word became prominent in 2015 with the rise of Donald Trump. In 2025, the beginning of Trump's second term, many formerly distinctive alt-right positions have merged into the mainstream right.
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(uncountable) An amorphous movement of right-wing white nationalists opposed to multiculturalism and egalitarianism by race and sex, mostly active on the Internet.
"But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."
2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2016:The choice is between a polemicist with deep ties to the alt-right movement, or a conventional policy professional with an open channel to the political establishment that Trump ran against, but which he needs to pass an agenda.
2016 November 12, Stephen Collinson, “The mystery of Donald Trump’s White House”, in CNN:So a right without a Buckley will probably be smaller, and uglier to boot. I would expect this alt-right to be a lot more vigorously opposed to the civil rights movement than OTL's. It will also be much less relevant, and probably not snag a certain Californian actor. I predict, then, that America, on the whole, looks a bit more like a Western European social democracy, but with a right wing that looks (hmm...thinking...) well, looks almost fascist.
2003 March 31, Andrew Reeves, “Re: VDI: William F. Buckley Jr.”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet), retrieved 16 Nov 2016, message-ID <fd61b1a1.0303310802.1540fd2f@posting.google.com>:At the risk of putting my own work out of date, I believe that chapter of the alt-right story that my book was about—the anonymous online trolling culture, the constant evasions and ironic styles, the hodge-podge of disparate groups united by the “anti-PC” crusade—is over and a new one has begun. The alt-right in the strict sense will now become more isolated, more focused and unambiguous—and perhaps more militant.
2017 August 15, Angela Nagle, “Goodbye, Pepe”, in The Baffler:
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(countable, rare) A member of the alt-right; an alt-righter.
Forms
Antonyms
alt-left
Coordinates
alt-light · alt-center · alt-left
Deriveds
alt-light · alt-righter · akh-right · alt-rightist · alt-righty · alt-tech
Synonyms
alternative right · dissident right
Translations (41)
ja オルト・ライト (group of right-wing ideologies) · ca dreta alternativa (group of right-wing ideologies) · hi आल्ट-सही (group of right-wing ideologies) · da alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · de alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · ko 대안우파 (group of right-wing ideologies) · fi vaihtoehto-oikeisto (group of right-wing ideologies) · pl neoreakcja (group of right-wing ideologies) · ms alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · no alternativhøyre (group of right-wing ideologies) · sv alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · eu eskuin alternatibo (group of right-wing ideologies) · pt alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · ru альтернативные правые (group of right-wing ideologies) · uk альтернативні праві (group of right-wing ideologies) · ja オルタナ右翼 (group of right-wing ideologies) · ru альт-правые (group of right-wing ideologies) · uk альт-праві (group of right-wing ideologies) · fi alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · cmn 另類右派 /另类右派 (group of right-wing ideologies) · pt direita alternativa (group of right-wing ideologies) · sk alternatívna pravica (group of right-wing ideologies) · sh alternativna desnica (group of right-wing ideologies) · de alternative Rechte (group of right-wing ideologies) · pl alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · nl alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · ru альт-райт (group of right-wing ideologies) · da alternative højre (group of right-wing ideologies) · es derecha alternativa (group of right-wing ideologies) · fr droite alternative américaine (group of right-wing ideologies) · ms sayap kanan alternatif (group of right-wing ideologies) · hu alt-jobb (group of right-wing ideologies) · fi vaihtoehtoinen oikeisto (group of right-wing ideologies) · hu alternatív jobboldal (group of right-wing ideologies) · fr alt-droite (group of right-wing ideologies) · el εναλλακτική δεξιά (group of right-wing ideologies) · cs alternativní pravice (group of right-wing ideologies) · ar اليمين البديل (group of right-wing ideologies) · no alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · fr alt-right (group of right-wing ideologies) · sv alt-högern (group of right-wing ideologies)
wikipedia: Richard B. Spencer · wikipedia: United States Republican Party · wikipedia: Donald Trump